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August 2014 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in August 2014, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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August 2014

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in August 2014

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st August 2014A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  2. 2nd August 2014What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  3. 3rd August 2014Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  4. 4th August 2014Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  5. 5th August 2014State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  6. 6th August 2014What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  7. 7th August 2014Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  8. 8th August 2014Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  9. 9th August 2014Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  10. 10th August 2014Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  11. 11th August 2014State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.
  12. 12th August 2014On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  13. 13th August 2014What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  14. 14th August 2014A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
  15. 15th August 2014State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  16. 16th August 2014Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  17. 17th August 2014Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  18. 18th August 2014Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  19. 19th August 2014Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  20. 20th August 2014Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  21. 21st August 2014Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  22. 22nd August 2014What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  23. 23rd August 2014What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  24. 24th August 2014Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  25. 25th August 2014Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  26. 26th August 2014Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  27. 27th August 2014In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  28. 28th August 2014Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  29. 29th August 2014Define 'urban sustainability'.
  30. 30th August 2014What is meant by 'resource security'?
  31. 31st August 2014State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.